Acronyms, Abbreviations and Units | 141

Fe                  iron
FFS              farmer field school
FLO              Fair Trade Labeling Organization
FPRE           Farmer participatory research and extension
FSRE          Farming systems research and extension
FTA              Free Trade Agreement
g                  gram (10-3 kg)
GAB            Gender Advisory Board
GAP            South Eastern Anatolian Project
GATT          General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
GBA            Global Biodiversity Assessment
GDP            Gross domestic product
GE             genetic engineering/genetically engineered
GEF           Global Environment Facility
GEO           Global Environment Outlook
GEWEX    Global Energy and Water Experiment
Gg              gigagram (106 kg)
Gha           gigahectare (109 hectare)
GHG          greenhouse gas
GHI            Global Hunger Index
GIS            geographic information system
GISP         Global Invasive Species Program
GLASOD Global assessment of human-induced soil degradation
GM            genetically modified/genetic modification
GMO         genetically modified organism
GMZ          gene management zone
GNP         Gross National Product
GPS          global positioning system
GR            Green Revolution
Gt              gigaton/gigatonne; 1019 tonnes
GURT       Genetic Use of Restriction Technologies
GWP         global warming potential
ha              hectare (104 m2)
HACCP     Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
HDI            human development index
HIV            Human immunodeficiency virus
HRD          Human resource development
HT              herbicide tolerant
HYMEX      Hydrological Cycle in Mediterranean Experiment
HYV           High yielding variety
IAASTD    International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and                   Technology for Development
IARC         International Agricultural Research Center
IAS            invasive alien species
IASUS      International Actions for the Sustainable Use of Soils
IBRD        International Bank of Rural Development
ICA           International Commodity Agreement
 

ICAR             Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICARDA        International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
ICRAF           World Agroforestry Center
ICRISAT        International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics
ICT                  information and communication technologies
IDA                 International Development Agency
IEA                 International Energy Agency
IFAD               International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC                  International Finance Corporation
IFI                   international financial institution
IFOAM            International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
IFPRI              International Food Policy Research Institute
IITA                 International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
IK                     Indigenous knowledge
ILO                  International Labour Organisation
ILRI                 International Livestock Research Institute
IMF                  International Monetary Fund
INM                  Integrated Nutrient Management
INRM               Integrated Natural Resources Management
IP                      intellectual property
IPCC                Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPGRI               Bioversity International
IPM                   Integrated pest management
IPPC                 International Plant Protection Convention
IPR                    intellectual property rights
IRR                   internal rate of return
IRRI                  International Rice Research Institute
IS                       innovation systems
IUCN                International Union for Conservation of Nature
IWMI                 International Water Management Institute
IWRM                Integrated water resources management
K                        potassium
kcal                   kilocalorie
kg                      kilogram, 103 grams
km                     kilometer
kWh                  kilowatt hour
LAC                  Latin America and the Caribbean
LDC                  least developed countries
LEISA               Low-External Input Sustainable Agriculture
LIC                    low income country
LINKS               Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
LUC                    land use change
m                        102 cm
MA                      Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MAB/S                marker assisted breeding/selection
MDG                    Millennium Development Goals